Post B7ZOOk8KXYk4y0jENU by liaizon@wake.st
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 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOk8KXYk4y0jENU by liaizon@wake.st
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       Who's seriously trying to take on Instagram's dominance rn? I don't mean anything in the open social web, as we are but a tear drop in the bucket.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOkNZcsw3jHrP8a by liaizon@wake.st
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       I think the first part of this is even understanding what IG even is in 2026. Like its such a huge surface area. I'd say Telegram is probably the thing that's closest to having a dent in IG rn. Signal isn't going in this direction (for good reason)
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOkbOnTziQAKRge by liaizon@wake.st
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       All the people and projects building clients and servers for the fediverse and the atmosphere are great and I am glad they exist, but adoption is a hell of a problem and you need a team of many people to even attempt this. It is bigger then anyone who's working in this area acknowledges
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOkpDy53N72nUEi by liaizon@wake.st
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       I'd be interested in what's going on in countries where Instagram isn't so prominent
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOl2LBJXrlivxgG by liaizon@wake.st
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       I think it's quite dangerous how much of a lack of response we have to Instagrams dominance
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOlE2Tou2M0PIum by liaizon@wake.st
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       That we here on this super nerd alt technology space have not been able to make the slightest dent in their monolithic hegemony is frankly frightening
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOlPNndycvBiMb2 by Gargron@mastodon.social
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       @liaizon I’m not surprised. Instagram passed me by completely. When I was curious about it, it was only available on iOS and I couldn’t afford an iPhone. When I could afford an iPhone, I was no longer curious. I actually finally tried it out a few months ago, but the experience was so bad, I still genuinely don’t understand what people get out of the app. It’s some kind of mutual hostage network effects situation.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZOOleyreSBhZ0ouO by kc@chaos.social
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       @Gargron @liaizon Instagram gives you ~a gazillion options to express oneself without being labeled a „content creator“, from private messages to TikTok videos to temporary „Stories“ and permanent posts, there’s something for everyone and once you‘ve learned to use it, its vastness and those hostage effects are really darn convincing to just (truly) asynchronously and non-linearly communicate there. I think especially that non-linearity is one of the things that intrigues people most about IG.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZPMnfMXCJ3IZogFM by Gargron@mastodon.social
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       @kc @liaizon Yes, my own understanding is that the primary value of Instagram is the DMs since it basically has the userbase of facebook but it's not widely considered cringe to be using it. Unfortunately I've encountered more than one person who has no public email and can only be contacted through Instagram.
       
 (DIR) Post #B7ZRoxryOLuYxcGxfc by zzepposs@chaos.social
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       @Gargron @kc @liaizon Sounds interesting —and very promising..
       
 (DIR) Post #B7Zelue7De0vUxfLBQ by tychi@merveilles.town
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       @liaizon I think a big challenge comes down to retention. People generally don’t have a good time here and don’t come back as a result.A big piece of this imo comes down to video and pictures are cultural standard formats and without those social foundations, people forget about here because they don’t see their own desired cultures reflected back by their device.Tbh, I think the shortest path is upgrading indie web to be ready for this, so onboarding is less “figure out which server to join” and more “aren’t you glad the brightest minds gathered to fix managing a digital presence”